New York Daily News

Feds charge S.I. dad, son in drug sales

- Victoria Bekiempis

A STATEN Island father-and-son peddled fentanyl and oxycodone on the dark web, prosecutor­s said.

Michael Luciano and his son Philip Luciano sold the powerful — and potentiall­y deadly — painkiller­s from February 2016 to last month, the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office said Wednesday.

They allegedly sold the narcotics via AlphaBay, a black market website shuttered by the Justice Department last month.

Some customers of the Lucianos left Yelp-like reviews on the site praising their service.

“Great stealth, fast shipping, legit product. Perfect 10/10,” one posting read.

When federal Homeland Security Department investigat­ors searched the family home in July, the elder Luciano allegedly admitted to dealing on AlphaBay using the handle “Zane61.”

Michael Luciano, 58, and Philip Luciano, 29, turned themselves in to authoritie­s Wednesday.

They were each hit with charges of conspiracy to sell the two painkiller­s and face up to 60 years in federal lockup if convicted. Their lawyers could not immediatel­y be reached.

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